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Noumenon

noun

(pl. noumena)

The intellectual conception of a thing as it is in itself, not as it is known through perception. Synonym: thing-in-itself.

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... must go a 'can.' It is not, however, as Phenomenon or Sensible Ens that a man 'can,' is free, has an absolute initiative; all phenomena or Sensible Entia, being in space and time, are subject to the Natural Law of Causality. But man is also Noumenon, Thing-in-self, Intelligible Ens; and as such, being free from conditions of time and space, stands outside of the sequence of Nature. Now, the Noumenon or Ens of the Reason (he assumes) stands higher than, or has a value above, the Phenomenon or Sensible Ens (as much as Reason ...

— Moral Science; A Compendium of Ethics • Alexander Bain

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Words linked to "Noumenon" : cognitive content, content, mental object